About Tabea & Lucas

We are Lucas, Tabea and Lua (our dog) a small international Family, currently living in Lisbon. We are new to the Housesitting community and excited to start our adventure.

Lucas, Dutch, grew up in Portugal near Cascais. After travelling and studying abroad for many years, he decided to move back to his beloved home country. Nowadays, he is wo...

We are Lucas, Tabea and Lua (our dog) a small international Family, currently living in Lisbon. We are new to the Housesitting community and excited to start our adventure.

Lucas, Dutch, grew up in Portugal near Cascais. After travelling and studying abroad for many years, he decided to move back to his beloved home country. Nowadays, he is working as an offshore surveyor and therefore only spends half the time in Portugal, the other half working on small boats in the UK or Holland. In his free time, he loves building and fixing things and has a real green thumb in the garden. He grew up with up to 5 dogs in his parents' house and has a deeply caring heart for all kind of animals and nature.

Tabea, German grew up on the countryside surrounded with animals. From a young age on she has learnt how to take care of cats, dogs and later on her own horse. After travelling for one year she decided against her dream of becoming a veterinary to study Marine Biology instead. She fell in love with Lucas when she met him during her Bachelors in England and later on with Portugal when she first came to visit him there. After finishing her Masters in Marine Microbiology back in Germany she decided to move to Portugal to spend as much time as possible with him. For the last year she has been teaching English in Lisbon, however never lost her passion for environmental protection. She is therefore currently getting more involved in environmental education projects in the Lisbon and Sintra area.

Lua was found on the street as a puppy and was soon adopted from a kennel. Unfortunately, she found her way back there after a few months. Earlier this year she got her second chance when we saw her and immediately fell in love with her kind heart and beautiful eyes. She is very playful and friendly with other dogs and also knows how to behave around the house. Even though she like being in our flat in Lisbon, she is much happier in the countryside where she can run free on the beach or relax in the garden.

All three of us love escaping the city to be in the countryside where we can be more connected with nature, animals and ourselves. We want to live a sustainable lifestyle and believe that kindness generates kindness in all aspects of life. Even though we can't spend all our time together, we are always connected. While Lucas is gone, Tabea and Lua give each other company and focus on daily tasks, when Lucas is back he can give his full attention to his family and to get all the small and big jobs done.

Why we want to house sit

Even though we love to travel, our main reason is currently more unusual. Since a few years, our family has been living in Lisbon but as we have all grown up close to nature we are thinking of moving to the countryside. Before making any big decision we would like to experience a more rural life together in different places in Europe. Until Christmas we have to stay around the Lisbon and Sintra Area, in the New Year we would love to see other parts of Portugal and the rest of Europe.

As we have had pets our whole life, we understand the desire of not loosing the independence to travel but also to know your pets to be in safe hands when away. We wouldn't like the idea of leaving our sweet Lua at a place unknown to her. Owning a beautiful flat in Lisbon ourselves we also know how it feels to give a beloved home into someone else's hands or leave it empty for a long period of time.

To avoid pet and house-owners to loose their independence or have bad experiences we believe that housesitting is the best solution for both the pets and owners. Even though we might not require this service at the moment we would like to give love and care to your pets and get to know the housesitting world from the sitter site.

Our experience

Even though we are new to the housesitting community we have great life experiences to offer. We know how to love and care for animals (our own and our friends') and different kind of properties (our own, our families' and friends'). Some of our happy memories in the last few years consist of playing, walking and cuddling with our dog, fixing and mending small things around our flat, building a new shed in Lucas's family house and helping our friends to build a cob house in the South of Portugal.

Tabea started horseback riding when she was only four years old and rescued her previous horse Generous in her teenage years and took care of it for many years after. Brushing, feeding, cleaning the stables and organising medical care were part of her daily responsibilities just as exercising the horse. When coming home from the stable the family dog and two cats needed just as much love and care and there was always time for that. Next to school this required good time management and creativity but allowed her to grow into a responsible, caring adult.

As previously mentioned, Lucas grew up with up to 5 dogs in his family house and always shared the responsibility of taking care with his parents. During his years at home he started building and fixing small and big things around the house and garden and has required good problem-solving skills and a great eye for detail. After leaving home he worked in different countries as a diver and nowadays manages a small team on boats when at work. His life experience makes him a very responsible and adaptable person who always keeps a cool head in difficult situation.

We work great as a team (even when Lucas is away). We learn from each other and our surroundings everyday and enjoy sharing our knowledge with others. We hope to meet many inspiring people, beautiful homes and lovely animals along our journey :)

External references (1)

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

Charlotte - Character Reference

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

10 September 2018

Tabea is a very attentive, caring person who loves animals. When i entrusted her to look after my appartement and my cat for 2 weeks i knew they would be in safe hands. I came home to very clean flat and a very happy cat. She sent me regular updates and photos to let me know everything was fine ... + More

Tabea is a very attentive, caring person who loves animals. When i entrusted her to look after my appartement and my cat for 2 weeks i knew they would be in safe hands. I came home to very clean flat and a very happy cat. She sent me regular updates and photos to let me know everything was fine which helped me feel reassured and calm on my holiday!I would highly recommend Tabea and will contacting her the next time i go away.

Organised

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

Reliable

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

Self-sufficient

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

Tidy

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

- Less

A7A5ED44-8AEF-45F7-8EAB-E66ACFBF81BCCreated with sketchtool.

View Reference (1)

About Tabea & Lucas

We are Lucas, Tabea and Lua (our dog) a small international Family, currently living in Lisbon. We are new to the Housesitting community and excited to start our adventure.

Lucas, Dutch, grew up in Portugal near Cascais. After travelling and studying abroad for many years, he decided to move back to his beloved home country. Nowadays, he is working as an offshore surveyor and therefore only spends half the time in Portugal, the other half working on small boats in the UK or Holland. In his free time, he loves building and fixing things and has a real green thumb in the garden. He grew up with up to 5 dogs in his parents' house and has a deeply caring heart for all kind of animals and nature.

Tabea, German grew up on the countryside surrounded with animals. From a young age on she has learnt how to take care of cats, dogs and later on her own horse. After travelling for one year sh......

We are Lucas, Tabea and Lua (our dog) a small international Family, currently living in Lisbon. We are new to the Housesitting community and excited to start our adventure.

Lucas, Dutch, grew up in Portugal near Cascais. After travelling and studying abroad for many years, he decided to move back to his beloved home country. Nowadays, he is working as an offshore surveyor and therefore only spends half the time in Portugal, the other half working on small boats in the UK or Holland. In his free time, he loves building and fixing things and has a real green thumb in the garden. He grew up with up to 5 dogs in his parents' house and has a deeply caring heart for all kind of animals and nature.

Tabea, German grew up on the countryside surrounded with animals. From a young age on she has learnt how to take care of cats, dogs and later on her own horse. After travelling for one year she decided against her dream of becoming a veterinary to study Marine Biology instead. She fell in love with Lucas when she met him during her Bachelors in England and later on with Portugal when she first came to visit him there. After finishing her Masters in Marine Microbiology back in Germany she decided to move to Portugal to spend as much time as possible with him. For the last year she has been teaching English in Lisbon, however never lost her passion for environmental protection. She is therefore currently getting more involved in environmental education projects in the Lisbon and Sintra area.

Lua was found on the street as a puppy and was soon adopted from a kennel. Unfortunately, she found her way back there after a few months. Earlier this year she got her second chance when we saw her and immediately fell in love with her kind heart and beautiful eyes. She is very playful and friendly with other dogs and also knows how to behave around the house. Even though she like being in our flat in Lisbon, she is much happier in the countryside where she can run free on the beach or relax in the garden.

All three of us love escaping the city to be in the countryside where we can be more connected with nature, animals and ourselves. We want to live a sustainable lifestyle and believe that kindness generates kindness in all aspects of life. Even though we can't spend all our time together, we are always connected. While Lucas is gone, Tabea and Lua give each other company and focus on daily tasks, when Lucas is back he can give his full attention to his family and to get all the small and big jobs done.

Why we want to house sit

Even though we love to travel, our main reason is currently more unusual. Since a few years, our family has been living in Lisbon but as we have all grown up close to nature we are thinking of moving to the countryside. Before making any big decision we would like to experience a more rural life together in different places in Europe. Until Christmas we have to stay around the Lisbon and Sintra Area, in the New Year we would love to see other parts of Portugal and the rest of Europe.

As we have had pets our whole life, we understand the desire of not loosing the independence to travel but also to know your pets to be in safe hands when away. We wouldn't like the idea of leaving our sweet Lua at a place unknown to her. Owning a beautiful flat in Lisbon ourselves we also know how it feels to give a beloved home into someone else's hands or leave it empty for a long period of time.

To avoid pet and house-owners to loose their independence or have bad experiences we believe that housesitting is the best solution for both the pets and owners. Even though we might not require this service at the moment we would like to give love and care to your pets and get to know the housesitting world from the sitter site.

Our experience

Even though we are new to the housesitting community we have great life experiences to offer. We know how to love and care for animals (our own and our friends') and different kind of properties (our own, our families' and friends'). Some of our happy memories in the last few years consist of playing, walking and cuddling with our dog, fixing and mending small things around our flat, building a new shed in Lucas's family house and helping our friends to build a cob house in the South of Portugal.

Tabea started horseback riding when she was only four years old and rescued her previous horse Generous in her teenage years and took care of it for many years after. Brushing, feeding, cleaning the stables and organising medical care were part of her daily responsibilities just as exercising the horse. When coming home from the stable the family dog and two cats needed just as much love and care and there was always time for that. Next to school this required good time management and creativity but allowed her to grow into a responsible, caring adult.

As previously mentioned, Lucas grew up with up to 5 dogs in his family house and always shared the responsibility of taking care with his parents. During his years at home he started building and fixing small and big things around the house and garden and has required good problem-solving skills and a great eye for detail. After leaving home he worked in different countries as a diver and nowadays manages a small team on boats when at work. His life experience makes him a very responsible and adaptable person who always keeps a cool head in difficult situation.

We work great as a team (even when Lucas is away). We learn from each other and our surroundings everyday and enjoy sharing our knowledge with others. We hope to meet many inspiring people, beautiful homes and lovely animals along our journey :)